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Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-118)
doc Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-118)
Letter in support of Tsai's requests to change his status to friendly alien. As Tsai's immediate chief, Moses has a strong personal interest in this case and requests that every effort be made to change Tsai's registration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-118/
Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-160)
doc Letter from Lt. Col. Merillat Moses to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-160)
Letter in support of Tsai's requests to change his status to friendly alien. As Tsai's immediate chief, Moses has a strong personal interest in this case and requests that every effort be made to change Tsai's registration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-160/
United States Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Office of District Director Spokane 8, Washington Report of Alien Enemy (ddr-one-5-250)
doc United States Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service Office of District Director Spokane 8, Washington Report of Alien Enemy (ddr-one-5-250)
Photocopy of a declassified report on the status of Keizaburo Koyama. In the remarks section, it states that Koyama is relocating back to Portland, Oregon, on indefinite leave from the Minidoka Relocation Project. The form does list Koyama's occupation at the time of his arrest as "Farm Laborer."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-250/
Letter from Lt. George Kerr to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-139)
doc Letter from Lt. George Kerr to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-139)
Support for Ai Chih Tsai's request for passport extension. Describes the great importance of Tsai's work to the Navy. Tsai is employed and student visa may be invalid. How to renew the validity of his passport? Has Chinese certificate #1.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-139/
Letter from Ryo Tsai to Stan Olson (ddr-densho-446-227)
doc Letter from Ryo Tsai to Stan Olson (ddr-densho-446-227)
Ai Chih Tsai is in China with UNRRA. He left US on June 13, 1946. His Chinese citizenship was granted May 1946.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-227/
Letter from Joseph Savoretti to Lt. Col. Merillat Moses (ddr-densho-446-120)
doc Letter from Joseph Savoretti to Lt. Col. Merillat Moses (ddr-densho-446-120)
Acknowledgement of receipt of letter from June 21. Department of Justice has discontinued practice of amending registration records and cannot consider Tsai's request.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-120/
Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-163)
doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-163)
Request for visa extension through 1947
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-163/
Letter from Robert Cashman to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-293)
doc Letter from Robert Cashman to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-293)
Employment offer from Chicago Theological Seminary is bona fide and offered in good faith to satisfy immigration requirements, though Cashman has it in mind that Ai Chih Tsai may not accept it. All is well in Chicago.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-293/
Department of Justice memo from the United States Attorney Director of Oregon Carl C. Donaugh on the Matter of the Detention of Keizaburo Koyama, a Japanese alien (ddr-one-5-116)
doc Department of Justice memo from the United States Attorney Director of Oregon Carl C. Donaugh on the Matter of the Detention of Keizaburo Koyama, a Japanese alien (ddr-one-5-116)
Photocopy of a declassified memorandum from Carl C. Donaugh, United States Attorney from the District of Oregon to the Attorney General in Washington, D.C., on the detention of Dr. Keizaburo Koyama. The filled out form letter notes that the FBI took Dr. Koyama into custody on December 10, 1941 in Portland, Oregon and that he is …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-116/
Kazuichi Takanishi Collection (ddr-densho-314)
Collection Kazuichi Takanishi Collection (ddr-densho-314)
The Kazuichi Takanishi Collection is comprised of government documents the family gained through the Freedom of Information Act. The documents detail Takanishi's arrest after Pearl Harbor, his interragation, internment, parole to Chicago, Illinois, and return to Hawaii after the war ended.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-314/
Letter from Seido Ogawa to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-297)
doc Letter from Seido Ogawa to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-297)
International Institute contacted Ogawa with 3 questions about Ai Chih Tsai situation. Invitation for Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai to visit Los Angeles to discuss the matter with Miss Leung and Miss Durward of International Institute
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-297/
Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service, Chicago (ddr-densho-446-221)
doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service, Chicago (ddr-densho-446-221)
Response to letter dated May 28, 1946. First entry to US on Sept 1, 1938, as student on Taiyo Maru at San Francisco. Most recent entry to US on Dec 17, 1945, on SS General Freeman at Seattle after USSBS. Will leave US on June 12 on USS Marine Lynx for 1-year mission with UNRRA.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-221/
Letter from Ryo Tsai to Robert Cashman (ddr-densho-446-291)
doc Letter from Ryo Tsai to Robert Cashman (ddr-densho-446-291)
Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai received letter from Immigration and Naturalization Service office in Philadelphia saying that she cannot petition for Ai Chih Tsai's return since he is a Chinese citizen. Applying for immigration is the only route. Ai Chih Tsai will stay in US at least 5 years and wants to work in a West Coast church.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-291/

Narrator Fumiko M. Noji

Nisei female. Born October 13, 1909, in Bellingham, Washington. Lost her United States citizenship when she married an Issei through an arranged marriage. Before 1920, her husband's family established Columbia Greenhouse, one of the first Japanese American-owned greenhouse businesses. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Husband was held by the …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/75/
Fumiko M. Noji Interview (ddr-densho-1000-72)
vh Fumiko M. Noji Interview (ddr-densho-1000-72)
Nisei female. Born October 13, 1909, in Bellingham, Washington. Lost her United States citizenship when she married an Issei through an arranged marriage. Before 1920, her husband's family established Columbia Greenhouse, one of the first Japanese American-owned greenhouse businesses. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Husband was held by the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-72/

Narrator Tom Matsuoka

Kibei male. Born August 1, 1903, in Sprecklesville, Maui, Hawaii. Taken to Japan in 1905 and raised by grandparents. Returned to the United States in 1919, joining father at Barneston sawmill in Washington. Married and farmed in Bellevue, Washington. Founded Bellevue Seinenkai and managed the Bellevue Vegetable Growers Association prior to World War II. Was picked …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/56/
Letter from Ryo Tsai to Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization (ddr-densho-446-278)
doc Letter from Ryo Tsai to Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization (ddr-densho-446-278)
Request for issuance of immigrant visa for Ai Chih Tsai
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-278/
Tom Matsuoka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-47)
vh Tom Matsuoka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-47)
Kibei male. Born August 1, 1903, in Sprecklesville, Maui, Hawaii. Taken to Japan in 1905 and raised by grandparents. Returned to the United States in 1919, joining father at Barneston sawmill in Washington. Married and farmed in Bellevue, Washington. Founded Bellevue Seinenkai and managed the Bellevue Vegetable Growers Association prior to World War II. Was picked …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-47/
Letter from Ryo Tsai to the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization in Philadelphia (ddr-densho-446-244)
doc Letter from Ryo Tsai to the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization in Philadelphia (ddr-densho-446-244)
Petition for immigration visa for Ai Chih Tsai. Education and employment history in US. Supporting financial documents.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-244/
Letter from Ryo Tsai to Albert W. Palmer (ddr-densho-446-277)
doc Letter from Ryo Tsai to Albert W. Palmer (ddr-densho-446-277)
Request for assistance returning Ai Chih Tsai to the United States. Immigrant quota from China is 150 with thousands waiting to immigrate. Ai Chih Tsai needs assurance of employment.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-277/
Letter from Ryo Tsai to Seido Ogawa, Congregational Committee for Christian Democracy (ddr-densho-446-280)
doc Letter from Ryo Tsai to Seido Ogawa, Congregational Committee for Christian Democracy (ddr-densho-446-280)
Ai Chih Tsai wants to stay in US for maybe 5 years after his reentry instead of 6 months. Ryo Morikawa Tsai asks Ogawa if there is employment for Ai Chih Tsai. Ryo Morikawa Tsai also looking for a job but unemployment is high. Kenji has a job at the County Fair in Del Mar.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-280/
Letter from Ryo Tsai to Robert Cashman (ddr-densho-446-284)
doc Letter from Ryo Tsai to Robert Cashman (ddr-densho-446-284)
Situation is more complicated. Mixed information about next steps. Ai Chih Tsai will work with Shanghai Consulate and Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai will work with Immigration and Naturalization Service in Philadelphia. Ryo is trying to find Ai Chih a job through working with the Reverends Kikuchi, Ogawa, and Chapman (Presbyterian office in San Francisco)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-284/

Narrator Mitsuye May Yamada

Female, child of Issei parents. Born July 5, 1923, in Fukuoka, Japan while her mother and two older Nisei brothers visited relatives. Named Mitsuye Mei Yasutake at birth. From age 3, grew up in Seattle, WA. Father employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until separated from family on December …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/129/
Mitsuye May Yamada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-137)
vh Mitsuye May Yamada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-137)
Female, child of Issei parents. Born July 5, 1923, in Fukuoka, Japan while her mother and two older Nisei brothers visited relatives. Named Mitsuye Mei Yasutake at birth. From age 3, grew up in Seattle, WA. Father employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until separated from family on December …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-137/
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